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Board Notes: June 19, 2008

Article Date: June 19, 2008

At the June 19 Garland ISD school board meeting, Garland ISD Trustees:

  • Heard the 2008-09 budget update
  • Heard an update on STaR (Professional Development for School, Administrators and Regions Readiness) Grant
  • Reviewed May 2008 tax report
  • Reviewed revisions to Board Policy FO (LOCAL) on first
    reading
  • Assigned board committee and organization appointments
  • Reviewed summer board meeting schedule
  • Reviewed calendar of events
  • Discussed future agenda items
  • Approved minutes of June 5 board meeting
  • Approved recommended price increase for school meals for 2008-09 school year
  • Approved adoption of 403(b) document
  • Approved budget amendments requiring the transfer of appropriations between function codes and the appropriation of additional monies into the 2007-08 budget
  • Approved investment reports
  • Approved purchase of graphing calculators; commodity processing; online data warehouse and assessment system; Thinking Maps-Sole Source; sand and gravel; Malicious Content Enterprise Solutions software; football uniforms and equipment; commercial storage and delivery of USDA commodities; Ironport Web filtering solution; digital copier and duplicator rental services (fifth-year option); accounts payable review (fifth-year option).
  • Approved bids for tennis court resurfacing, asphalt and concrete work at North Garland HS